The Portland daily press., 1887-08-08
PERSONAL.

Judge Peabody will pass his vacation in
Gorham, N. I'll.
Hon. Edward Farrar and family of Keene,
N. H., are at Pine Point.
Mr.. e. p. Mayo, of the Fairfield journal,
was in town Saturday and Sunday.
Canon Stills of st. Luke's Cathedral will
spend August at St. Andrews, N. B.
Prof. A. b. Morrill, of New Britain, Conn,
formerly of the Portland High School, is In
the city.
Rev. II. c. Hay of Fall River, Mass. is in
the city visiting his father, Mr.. ii. H. Hay,
on Spring street.
The wife of Prof. Moses Farmer of Eliot,
has given 800 to the New Hampshire Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals Society.
| Rev. G. r. Moore of North Cambridge,
Mass, for many years pastor of the First
Universalist church in this city, has been
visiting Portland during the past week.
DIR. Henry Wilson Ring, graduate of the
| Maine Medical School, and brother of Dr.
Charles A. Ring, has gone to New York.
DIR. Ring will continue his medical studies
in New York and Europe.
j. b. Kimball, Esq. of Auburn, died Sat
urday afternoon. Mr.. Kimball was one of
the oldest and best known citizens in Au-
burn. For many years he figured as one of
the prominent business men of the city
The funeral services of the late Professor
Moses Lyford occurred yesterday afternoon,
Rev. A. KIP. Small, d. D., being the oficia-
ting Clergyman. The remains win be takefl
to Springfield, Mass, for burial to-day
Today, DIR. w. Morrill,. the dentist,
and wife, vii start from their residence on
Spring Street, Deering, ON driving tour
through the eastern part of the State, and
will probably not be- home till the first of
September. W
Mr. G. b. Griffin, of the firm of Griffin &
Son, a prominent real estate firm of jack
sonvillc, Fla, is visiting Mr.. S. H. DoteD.
Mr.. Griffin comes North for the purpose of
buying machinery for a pail factory which
he is to establish at Windsor, Fla.
Hon. W. w. Thomas, Sr.. arrived home
Saturday night, as did Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Mccarthy. They were passengers on the
Brittanic, of the White Star line. Mr.. and
Mrs. McCarthy's European trip was cur
tailed by the sad death of Mrs. Dunphy,
Mrs. McCarthys sister. 4@
The Utica IN. W Tribune says: @Rev.
| o. A. Rounds of the Church of the Reconcil-
iation, has rendered his resignation as pas
tor. Mr.. Rounds for some time has been a
| sufferer from throat trouble, and he having a
call from a California parish, believes a
change of climate will relieve him His
Utica friends will regret his going" Mr.
Rounds is a native of Oxford county, and
has been pastor of several Universalist
churches in this State.
Mr.. o. M. Shaw and family will leave Ban
gor for Florence, Italy, the first of October,
and will spend the winter there. Mr.. Shaw
and his son Fred, the sculptor, will return
for the summer. but Mrs. Shaw and Miss
Shaw will go to the Italian lakes. The
ladies will probably remain abroad two
years, and will be joined by Mr.. Shaw and
Fred during the winter. Mr.. Fred Shaw is
receiving many orders for work, among
them two $1,000 orders which he Will fill dur
ins his stay in Florence.
Mr.. Edward Young, who was at the time
he left, the Oldest engineer on the Maine
Central road, left for California last Mon
day. Mr.. Young first went into the employ
of the road in 1853. He has worked for the
road twenty-seven years steadily. When he
first went on the road, the company owned
but one freight engine, which was COM
PEELED to do all the work, including shifting
and when place was reached where shift
ing was necessary, the one regular engine
was compelled to stop and attend to it.